went looking back for something and forgot i had all these sour grapes. recalled that rfk jr knows the nix family.
got so much stuff about the vineyard
cryptography, encryption, algorithms
there's crazy math involved in just simple ssl and blockchain transactions. if he wrote his own software, not relying on of the shelf or nsa supplied algos, PhD isn't off-base.
might not be a conventional way of thinking about it but many of the techniques used now have foundations in 70s/80s/90s doctoral work.
not for nothing, but even a working knowledge, not formalized, can qualify as "PhD level".
the things you do today, the solutions you come up with using the tools at your disposal - while perhaps not formalized or recognized by a panel of professors… if it's novel and progresses your industry, it matters. smart work on top of smart work. that's all we can do.
rock on.
that goofy pic of elon holding a model rocket makes me think of this.
surely its not intentional
surely
this is dumb bc they're obviously all equal.
x (y * 111)
---
x (y * 3)
is just 111/3 every time.